bushynoae and earth worm

[mangopleco]

is it ok that if my bushynose pleco gets earthworm in its diet???? bcuz my discus i started feeding them some

[nvcichlids]

i feed my bristlenose 0 veggies... and they are fine.

[MatsP]

As long as there are plenty of vegetable matter ALSO in their diet, a small portion of earthworms each day should be fine. Too much meaty food can lead to internal bacterial infections, which is hard to combat.

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Mats

[nvcichlids]

maybe this is why I always lose my colonies of bristlenose due to male aggression, too much meat?

[trebor69]

i feed my bristlenose 0 veggies... and they are fine.

-maybe this is why I always lose my colonies of bristlenose due to male aggression, too much meat?

huh? lol

[nvcichlids]

I have had bad luck with bristlenose in the past. I have lost several groups (a total of 15-20 females) due to one male (or so I thought?). My current pair eats no veggies and produced 80 fry from the last spawn. I would assume that it isn't just the fact of the pure meat diet, but maybe the types of meat that was fed in the past may have caused him to be aggressive or maybe the females are the ones who primarly need the veggie content.

[MatsP]

Or maybe you just had a male that was bad? ;)

I think producing 80 fry from one female in one spawn is about par for the course if the female is mature (4"+). I haven't counted fry/eggs recently, but I'm sure it is between 70-100 from my pair of "Warren" (male) and "Gus" (female).

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Mats